Design Ventura Awards List 2017

DESIGN VENTURA AWARDS LIST  2017

WINNER

Weatherhead High School

The Flower Pot

SECOND PLACE

Fairmead School

Spinning Thumb Plate

THIRD PLACE

Hans Price Academy

Plate Mate

COMMENDATION FOR GOOD DESIGN

The King John School

Lightning Bolt

COMMENDATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY 

Beechen Cliff School

Card Hero

COMMENDATION FOR GOOD COMMUNICATION

Chadwell Heath Academy

Animittens

COMMENDATION FOR THE MOST MARKET READY PRODUCT

South Dartmoor Academy

Emooji

OUTSTANDING FINALISTS

Graveney School

Multi-Purpose Tidy

Simon Balle All-through School

Drop Charge

Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys

STIX

Design Ventura 2017 winning team featured in the Schools Week

Design Vetura 2017 winning team from Weatherhead High School was featured in the Schools Week. You can read the full article here.

Design Ventura 2017 Pitching Day

The Design Ventura 2017 Pitching Day happened in December and it was a great day that encouraged the shortlisted schools to present their ideas in front of a panel of judges. Have a look at the video below to find out more:

Design Ventura in the Weston Mercury news

The Weston Mercury news dedicated an article about one of the top ten products shortlisted in this year’s Design Ventura project. You can read the full article here.

Design Ventura Masterclass and Celebration Event 2017

Last week the Design Ventura team welcomed the top ten schools back in the Design Museum for a special day celebrating design.

The day started with a fun ice-breaker lead by Catherine Ritman-Smith, Director of Learning at the Design Museum, which was followed by two incredible presentations by the guest designers Heather Corcoran from Kickstarter and Herny James from Inventid.

The afternoon started with a career insight speed dating activity which allowed students, teachers, family and friends to have the opportunity to ask experts from the industry about how their creative and enterprise skills have supported their successful transition into the workplace.

After tea and cake and while family and friends were visiting the galleries, the students activities continued. Students had a chance to participate in a fantastic drawing workshop lead by Peter Ayres from Beep Studio; and an exciting Little Bits workshop lead by Carlos Izsak from Makercart.

In the evening, the Design Museum opened its doors to the shortlisted school teams, their teachers, family and friends, Deutsche Bank employees, Design Industry Experts, the Design Museum team and special VIP guests to celebrate the success of Design Ventura 2017.

The event gave the students a chance to explain their innovative products to guests, network with people from the industry and be an advocates for their schools. Guest were really impressed with the confidence and communication skills that the students demonstrated.

Last year’s winners Harrogate Grammar School presented a cheque of £1080 from the proceeds of their product (Hook2O) to a representative of their chosen charity, The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre.

The anticipated announcement of the Design Ventura 2017 awards was presented by the judges: Alice Black, Naomi Cleaver, Sebastian Conran, Christoph Woermann and Anna Bullus. The prizes were awarded as follows: Graveney School, Simon Balle All-through School and Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys were awarded as Outstanding Finalists; The King John School was awarded Commendation for Good Design; Beechen Cliff School was awarded Commendation for Sustainable Design; Chadwell Heath School was awarded Commendation for Good Communication; and South Dartmoor Academy was awarded Commendation for the Most Market Ready Product. The third place was awarded to Hans Price Academy; second place was awarded to Fairmead School and finally the Design Ventura Winner 2017 was Weatherhead High School.

The Design Ventura display with prototypes from all the ten shortlisted schools on the first floor of the Design Museum was also unveiled. This year, the Design Ventura project had 328 schools and over 14,500 students participating. The display is going to be up until the end of March and it is free to visit.

The Celebration Event was really about celebrating design and congratulating all those involved in the Design Ventura. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Design Ventura project making it such a successful project!

All photos ©Richard Heald Photography/Design Museum

Design Ventura in the Academy Today news

An article about the Design Ventura project and one of the top ten schools (Hans Price Academy) was published in the Academy Today news. Read the full article here.

Design Ventura Pitching day 2017

Back in December, the Design Ventura team welcomed the top ten shortlisted schools for the Pitching day where each team had a chance to present their idea and prototypes in front of a panel of judges. The judges were really impressed with the level of professionalism and confidence students revealed in their three minute pitch.

The judges from left to right: Alice Black, Christoph Woermann, Anna Bullus, Naomi Cleaver and Duncan Sanders who kindly replaced Sebastian Conran for the day who sadly couldn’t attend. The panel had a fantastic time seeing all the presentations and questioning the students (who were so well prepared and gave very persuasive answers!).

Here are our top ten shortlisted schools ready for to start their pitches.

Whilst the judges were busy deliberating and having to make a very difficult decision of choosing all the prize winners, the students and teachers had a competition of paper towers which was a lot of fun!

The day ended with the judges giving constructive feedback to all teams.

The winner will be announced in February at the Celebration Event.

All photos ©Richard Heald Photography/Design Museum

Design Ventura in the Bath Echo News

A great article was recently published at Bath Echo about the Design Ventura Project which featured one of the top 10 shortlisted schools, Beechen Cliff in Bath. You can read the full article here.

Design Ventura in the London Live

You might have noticed that the Design Ventura was featured in the London Live back in October. If you missed it, you will have a chance to see the London Live piece below. It is full of great insides about the project.

Here are a few words that we would like to highlight:

…about this year’s briefing in the words of Anna Bullus whose work is the inspiration for this year’s brief setter: “We are looking at everyday problems people have and how you can design simple solutions.”

…about why we do the Design Ventura project in the words of Catherine Ritman Smith, Head of Learning at the Design Museum: “We want to inspire and show young people by their own actions how great they are and what potential they have.”

Design Ventura Shortlist 2017

We are pleased to announce the top 10 entries for Design Ventura 2017.

Thank you to all the teachers and students who have worked so hard on this year’s project. It is thanks to all of you that the Design Ventura is such a huge success!

We had over 14,500 students participating and our highest number of entries, so our panel of shortlisting judges  did not have an easy task. After much debate, the final top ten entries were selected – please see a full list of all selected schools in alphabetical order further down.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

All schools that have submitted an entry in the Design Ventura project will receive participation certificates for their students by post -we will send the certificates soon.

This year top ten shortlisted schools will be contacted by us shortly with further details about the Pitching event which is going to take place at the Design Museum in December.

DESIGN VENTURA SHORTLIST 2017

(in alphabetical order)

Beechen Cliff School

Card Hero
A portable phone stand that is the size of a credit card so that it fits neatly into a wallet or purse.

Chadwell Heath Academy

Animittens
Mittens in the shape of animals that encourage children to get involved with household chores.

Fairmead School

Spinning Thumb Plate
A plate with thumb dent and sliding guard, helping those that find it hard to hold or carry a plate full of food.

Graveney School

Multi-Purpose Tidy
Handy suction clips for storing and keeping items to hand.

 
Hans Price Academy

Plate Mate
Fun attachment for holding your toast on the side of a plate to make more space and keep it from getting soggy.

Simon Balle All-through School

Drop Charge
A humorous bungee jumper inspired wrap for keeping charger cables tidy.

South Dartmoor Academy

Emooji
A fun ruler with stencils for creating your own emoji drawings.

The King John School

Lightning Bolt
A lightning bolt shaped reflector that contains a puncture repair kit.

Weatherhead High School

The Flower Pot
A polypropylene plant pot that expands as the plant grows, reducing the waste of replacing pots.

Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys

STIX
Wooden construction game made up of rods and connectors.

INDEPENDENT AND OVERSEAS SCHOOLS

Schools in this category will be contacted separately and will be asked to submit a three minute video pitch.

(in alphabetical order)

Brighton College

Avogo
Avocado knife and stone remover with a curved blade which allows to cut avocados more easily and moulds around your hand for a comfortable grip.

Portland Place School

Astro Caps
Pencil lid featuring planets and fun facts of the solar system to boost children’s learning about the universe.

 
Rangitoto College, New Zealand

Coard
Everyday chair for children under the age of 10 which is biodegradable, environmentally friendly and easy to assemble and disassemble.

The Harrogate Grammar School journey…

During our Finishing and Presenting ideas webinars, the participants had a chance to know in detail the journey of last year’s winner from the perspective of their leading school teacher, Dave Allen. We thought that Dave’s presentation was very comprehensive, explained what we are looking for and showed in detail the  journey that the Harrogate Grammar team went through. We have made Dave’s presentation available below for your reference whilst doing your Design Ventura project (PS – make sure you check his tips at the very end!).

If you couldn’t attend any of our webinars, you can now consult our webinars here.

Aqua Hook Product Development

Students from Harrogate Grammar School have been working with Giles Miller Studio Ltd to develop their Design Ventura 2016 winning product, Aqua Hook. We are pleased to announce that the product is now on sale and has been renamed Hook₂0.

The team competed with over 10,000 students taking part in 240 schools across the UK to be shortlisted as one of ten schools invited to pitch their ideas to a panel of expert judges at the Design Museum in December 2016. The judges were impressed with the simplicity and effectiveness of the idea and that it had come out of thinking about solving a real problem the team faced.

The product was assembled and launched at the Design Museum and at the Deutsche Bank Office on the 10 July 2017. Visit the Design Museum shop now to buy yours or purchase it online – all proceeds go to the students’ chosen charity Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre.

Design Ventura shortlisted for Enterprising Britain Awards

Design Ventura have made the shortlist for Enterprising Britain Awards 2017.

Watch out for further news!

Independent school winner’s prize day 2016

On Thursday 27 April we had a visit from the team from Royal Grammar School, in Newcastle. The team came first in the Independent and Overseas category with Kit Control, a visual checklist tool enabling the user to physically and mentally check off items of sporting clothing as they pack their sports bag.

The judges thought Kit Control, was a nicely presented and prototyped idea with good research into manufacturing and materials. They also thought the team clearly identified a problem and solved it creatively, with a clearly defined target audience in mind.

Their prize was a workshop and museum and shop tour with Tiffany Radmore, a Design Museum educator and Paul Jenkins, a product designer at Triple Double Studio.

During the day, the team went to speak to Steven Preston, the Retail Operations Manager for the Design Museum Shop to hear about the type of products the shop stocks and to research the packaging and display options.

The team then worked with Paul Jenkins to further design Kit Control along with some ideas for their packaging and point of sale marketing.

Thanks to Tiffany and Paul for their time.

Second place students visit Sebastian Conran’s Studio

On Tuesday 25 April we had a visit from the team from Reepham High School & College in Norfolk. The team came second in Design Ventura 2016 with BluPrint, their wooden, laser cut interactive toy with pop out shapes that can be combined in different ways to create imaginative, fun characters.

The judges thought BluPrint was a fun, creative idea which was very well presented and the team had developed a great prototype. To improve the product for sale in the Design Museum shop, the judges suggested that the team could develop their design with other design themes such as architecture or vehicles that may fit in with the Design Museum content.

Their prize was a visit to the Sebastian Conran Associates Studio, to see behind the scenes of a product design studio and to discuss the possible development of their product.

The team then worked with Sally Jones, a Design Museum Educator, to develop the marketing and a point of sale display for their product.

At the end of the day the team had positive ways to take their fantastic idea forward.

Thanks to Marie Favre and David Moseley for giving us their time.

Design Ventura winners in the news – March 2017

Harrogate Grammar School in the Harrogate Informer. You can see the full article at http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2017/02/28/harrogate-grammar-school-wins-design-museum-ventura-prize-2016-17/

And the Independent and Overseas School winners are…

Congratulations and thank you to all the Independent and Overseas schools that took part in Design Ventura this year.

In December, our judging panel had a difficult decision to select the winning team for this category but we are pleased to announce the winners are…

First place – Royal Grammar School, Newcastle

Kit Control
A visual checklist enabling the user to physically and mentally check off items of sporting clothing as they pack their sports bag.

Second place – Mill Hill School Foundation, London

Flip Switch
A product that allows children to expand their imagination by creating scenarios for their characters in iconic landmarks backdrops.

Third place – Chigwell School, Essex

Shadow stories
A bedtime story aid that allows a scene or character to be projected onto a wall or ceiling with the use of a light or torch.

Winning Product 2016 – Aqua Hook

The Design Ventura 2016 winners are Harrogate Grammar School with Aqua Hook, a water bottle hook that can be clipped to any loop outside of a bag to carry a bottle. Designed with the 2016 brief “Change” in mind, this practical product was a favourite with the judges.

Harrogate Grammar School’s 3 x A3 design sheets demonstrate how the team generated and developed their ideas. The sheets really clearly show the team’s design and prototyping processes and how they planned to address the criteria set out in the design brief, as well as allowing our shortlisting judges to quickly and clearly understand the final product design.

Harrogate Grammar School’s entry form:

The team competed with over 10,000 students taking part in 240 schools across the UK. With their entry, Harrogate Grammar School earned a place on the shortlist as one of ten schools invited to pitch their ideas to a panel of expert judges at the Design Museum in December 2016. You can watch the video to find out more about what happens at pitching day.

The Harrogate Grammar School team made a convincing case for Aqua Hook at the pitching event, presenting an engaging pitch and demonstrating clearly how the product fulfilled the design brief and judges criteria. The judges were impressed with the simplicity and effectiveness of the idea and that it had come out of thinking about solving a real problem the team faced. After much deliberation, the judges decided they should be the winners of Design Ventura 2016.

The Harrogate Grammar School team were awarded with the Design Ventura 2016 Winners award at the Celebration Event and Design Ventura exhibition opening in February 2017.

Following the Celebration Event, students from Harrogate Grammar School worked with Giles Miller Studio Ltd to develop their Design Ventura 2016 winning product, Aqua Hook.

An out come of these meetings was that Aqua Hook was renamed Hook₂0. The product was assembled and launched at the Design Museum Shop on 10 July 2017.

On the launch day, the Harrogate Grammar School team put their sales skills to the test, selling their product at the Deutsche Bank Office.

All proceeds from the sale of Hook₂0 went to the team’s chosen charity, Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre. Harrogate Grammar School proudly presented a cheque for £1,079 to the charity at the Celebration Event 2017.